As the swine flu spreads across the nation public health officials are pleading with the ill to stay home until the fever goes away.

A small plane crashed south of Blodgett, Missouri Saturday. Robbie Rollins and Paul Fisher, both of the Cape Girardeau area, died in the crash.

A mid-Missouri crash has left two people dead. The Jefferson City Police Department says the crash happened around 1:20 a.m. Saturday in southern Callaway County.

A 29-year-old man from Herrin in southern Illinois has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of his girlfriend's toddler in 2006.